Foodie Fare

July 5, 2015

Named after a castle in Hiroshima, Japan, Rijo Restaurant seeks to bring contemporary, elevated Japanese cuisine to the Islands. “Our chef takes traditional Japanese dishes and infuses local ingredients, along with international cooking styles, to produce a unique and flavorful…

June 28, 2015

With a name like Sarento’s At The Top of the “I,” located at the Ilikai Hotel, you go in there expecting a good view. But nothing really can prepare you for the breathtaking panorama overlooking the ocean on one side,…

June 21, 2015

I’ve never really understood that saying about how you get full an hour after eating Chinese food, especially after tasting the satisfying dishes and hearty portions served up on Royal Palace Chinese Restaurant’s menu and popular buffet. Dishes include a…

June 14, 2015

Restaurateur Linda Chan has been serving Chinese eats in the Islands for years — before opening The Mandalay nearly a decade ago, she had owned Eastern Garden restaurant since the early ’90s. So she knows what she’s talking about when…

June 7, 2015

Raymond Chau, the former owner of Won Kee and a string of other eateries, is back. Just a couple months ago, he opened the doors to his latest venture, Ray’s BYOB Kitchen. The Chinese restaurant has a menu that’s stocked…

May 31, 2015

Just five years ago, David Lukela was working his way up the ranks in the science field. As a lab tech at Hawaii Center for AIDS, he spent his days doing medical research and soon was promoted to lab supervisor.…

May 26, 2015

In 1979, restaurateur H.T. Hayashi had a brilliant idea: build a giant aquarium and have it serve as a backdrop to a dining room. “The concept came about because of (his) lifelong fascination for aquatic environments,” Pacific Beach Hotel director…

May 19, 2015

As its simple name would suggest, A Place To Eat is a no-frills, well, place to eat. With a fairly consistent menu comprised of less than a dozen menu items — rounded out with weekly specials and a set of…

May 10, 2015

With multifaceted dining atmospheres in which patrons may overlook a garden or enjoy their meal at a lively bar, MAC 24/7 offers a little bit of everything, all the time. Like its name suggests, the eatery never closes its doors.…

May 7, 2015

At most restaurants, it seems like 2 p.m. is safely past the lunch rush — most people have come in, finished their meals and left. That’s not the case at Ahi & Vegetable. When Dining Out stopped in to its…